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the title, and all the absurd charges and complications affecting real 

 estate have been abolished or were never in existence. 



Efforts have been made to correct these anomalies, but there are 

 lawyers and officials interested in the absurd system, so the patient 

 people endure it and pay the bills. 



To every one, old or young, man or woman, I would say, buy land 

 and build a home, if you have none. It is good to own your own 

 home, be it ever so small, and to own it free of any incumbrance. The 

 ownership of land adds a dignity to character that nothing else does^ 



Besides, the pleasure of seeing things grow and to reflect that 

 they belong to us, we plant a tree, and before we are aware it ha& 

 budded and bloomed and borne fruit, and we are invited to a feast. 

 It is our own tree. How proud we are of it, and how the children 

 love to play beneath its shade and partake of its fruit, conscious of a 

 joint ownership in it. 



There is nothing in the universe so substantial as the earth upon 

 which we walk. Change and uncertainty are all around. The heavens 

 are bright or dark as the clouds come and go. The great sea is calm 

 and anon tossed with tempest, but the land is at rest from age to age. 



My friend, if you are anchored on to the soil upon which you 

 dwell, you will be much better prepared to sing that grand old Ameri- 

 can anthem, 



My country, 'tis of thee; 

 My own, my native land. 



Miss E. Lindsay, Springfield, Mo. 



Best Varieties and Plan of Growing" Strawberries for 



Market. 



The subject assigned me is one on which I have written papers so 

 often that I feel a reluctance in again attempting to say anything that 

 will be of interest to this experienced body of horticulturists. 



On what I shall say I shall not attempt to dictate, or even advise^ 

 as to what varieties one shall plant, knowing as I do by experience 

 that this is something which is governed by location, soil and climatic 

 conditions. 



As to the proper plans of growing strawberries, this is not a mat- 

 ter which is determined so much by the above conditions, but a plan 

 may be adopted which will be successful everywhere. 



Now, I am going to give my plan of growing strawberries, and 

 the varieties which do best with me, and if anyone has something bet- 

 ter, why, that is just what I am here to find out. 



